Manhattan · BBL 1013930027
51 East 78 Street
Also recorded as 51-53 East 78 Street
- Use
- Elevator apartment
- Floors
- 5
- Built
- 1894
- Zoning
- R8B · built FAR 3.81 of 4
- Building
- 14,590 SF
- Lot
- 3,831 SF
- Assessed
- $2,061,900
What changed
Recorded and self-reported changes detected June 3, 2026 → September 1, 2026 · derived September 1, 2026
No qualifying recorded change was detected for this building in Atlas's change-detection window (June 3, 2026 → September 1, 2026). This is a detection result, not a stability claim. Standing conditions may predate the window.
Ownership
- Owner of record
- 51-78 Owners Corp
- Last deed
- Recorded October 14, 1980, no stated consideration (price not public) · from Robinson, John J, Leidesdorf, Arthur D · to 51-78 Owners Corp · held ~46 years (derived from the deed date)
- State filing
- Domestic Business Corporation · formed March 1, 1979 · NYS DOS
- HPD registration
- last registered July 28, 2025, valid through September 1, 2026
3 individuals named on file (HPD, DOB or state filings). Sign in to see them.
Sources & vintages
- DCP MapPLUTO / DOF assessment roll: owner of record · PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline): the recorded owner, often an entity; never beneficial ownership
- ACRIS: recorded deed · ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- HPD multiple-dwelling registration: principals as filed · 2025-07-28: self-reported annual filing; names and roles only
- NYS DOS Active Corporations: entity filing · 2026-07-30: LLCs file no members; corporations may name a chairman/CEO
Recorded debt
Last recorded mortgage: March 3, 2022 · $450K (satisfied June 29, 2022; no replacement recorded in the document window; ACRIS records the instrument, not its maturity)
- June 29, 2022 Mortgage satisfied
- March 3, 2022 Mortgage · $450K
- March 3, 2022 Mortgage assigned
- March 3, 2022 Mortgage · $200K
Sources & vintages
- ACRIS: recorded mortgage instruments · ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline): ACRIS carries no maturity date
Open recorded matters
Open violations: 2 DOB · 1 ECB · HPD A 1 · B 5 · C 2 · latest November 8, 2019
Sources & vintages
- DOB / ECB / HPD: open violations · PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline)
- DOF: lien-sale eligibility list · as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- ACRIS judgments · DOB FISP/LL11 facade filings · as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
Freshness
- PLUTO (lot, building, zoning, owner of record)PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline)
- ACRIS (deeds, mortgages, judgments)ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- HPD / DOB / DOS filings (principals)2026-07-30
- Atlas change detection2026-09-01 · window 2026-06-03 → 2026-09-01
Everything on this page is drawn from the digitized public record for this lot. Where a section shows nothing, Atlas has no digitized record of that kind for this building.